Grigoriy Dovzhenko

Grigoriy Avksentiyevich Dovzhenko (22 April 1899 – 21 April 1980) was a Soviet Ukrainian muralist, Honoured Artist of USSR, member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Biography Grigoriy Avksentiyevich Dovzhenko was born on 22 April (10 April old style) 1899, in Poltavka village (now Bashtanka, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine). In 1907 – 1913 he studied in Poltava local school (2 classes). In 1913, his family moved to Gvozdievka village in Siberia. In 1916, Grigoriy Dovzhenko moved to Omsk, where he was working as a porter. At the same time he passed exams without attending the higher school. In 1917 Dovzhenko began studying at the Red Arts of Siberia. At the same time, he was working as a postman and a warden at Akmolinsk veterinary department.

Profession 1918 – 1920 – works as an illustrator in Siberia oblast' printing agency (Omsk), performed settings for the opera "Prince Igor" staged in Siberia State Opera House. 1920 – 1921 – works as a scene painter in Siberia State Opera House, then in the fall 1921 he with his family returned to Ukraine, where he's working as a drawing teacher in Mykolaiv area department of political awareness. 1922 – Grigoriy Dovzhenko enters Odessa Art Institute. In 1923 – 1924 he took a journey over Ukraine, making a lot of drawings, landscape and still-life pictures. 1925 – his works are presented at the exhibition of students' works at Odessa Art Institute. At this time he enters the Association of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine (ARAU), and is elected its secretary in Odessa branch. 1926 – work on the picture "Song about Freedom". Grigoriy is elected the delegate of all-Ukrainian ARAU congress. 1927 – work on the decoration of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce in Odessa. In May, Grigoriy Dovzhenko graduated from the Odessa Art Institute with qualification of artist-muralist. 1928 – work on the decoration of Farmers' Sanatorium VUTSIK. Grigoriy as well is working as drawing teacher at that time. 1930…Citește mai mult

Main works 1920 – settings for the opera "Prince Igor" staged in Siberia State Opera House. 1923 – 1924 – various landscape and still-life pictures made during his journey over Ukraine. 1926 – picture "Song about Freedom". 1927 – decoration of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce in Odessa. 1928 – sketches and decoration of Farmers' Sanatorium VUTSIK. 1929 – decoration of the Press House named after Kotsiubynsky in Odessa. 1930 – works as an artist at Odessa Film Studio, at the movies' production: "Perekop", "25000", "Parents' Right", "Museum Guard". 1930 – 1936 – a series of landscapes is done during journey to Crimea. 1934 – picture "Cheapskate Nest". 1936 – picture "Shevchenko in casemate". 1940 – picture "Shchors' death". 1947 – series of fresco portraits "Ukrainian partisans", "Portrait of a girl", etc. 1950 – decoration of Novo-Gorlovka Palace of Culture. 1951 – 1954 – decoration of Summer Theatre, Palace of Culture, residential houses and facilities for the children in Nova Kakhovka. 1955 – decoration of Palace of Culture, named after I.Franko (Donetsk). 1956 – pictures "Golden autumn", "Over the Dnieper", "Botanical garden", "Still-life with fish", "Flowers", etc. 1957 – decoration of Palace of Culture "Kharchovyk" (Kyiv). 1958 – 1963 –…Citește mai mult